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Home > News > Let the FCC Know How You Feel About Net Neutrality Changes
John on FOX 4 - Net Neutrality

Let the FCC Know How You Feel About Net Neutrality Changes

May 20, 2014 by John P.

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The Net Neutrality battle has moved on as the FCC voted 3-2 to move their new proposed rules into the public comment period. So what does this mean for the average Internet user? If it all goes forward as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is pushing, it would allow ISPs to charge companies for access to “high-speed” paths along the Internet, and those who don’t pay, will get lower speeds for data traffic.

This is a fundamental change in how the Internet has worked since its beginnings. Up until now it’s been very democratic, with everyone getting the same treatment for their data packets. That allowed a lot of companies (like Livid Lobster) to push content (like GeekBeat.TV) to people with a speed and quality that rivaled what the largest media corporations could do. Predictably, the large media corporations don’t really like that competition, so they’ve been trying to get the rules changed.

I was a guest on FOX 4 TV in Dallas to give them my thoughts on all this. I think access to the Internet should be a fundamental human right, like access to water. You cannot exist and compete in the modern economy without equal access to the communication networks that make up the Internet.

There’s about a four month period to let the FCC know what you think about these proposed rules. You can leave a comment for them here, or send them an email here. It’s your Internet, and this is your chance to fight to keep it.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: FCC, internet

About John P.

John P. is CEO of Livid Lobster and co-host of Geek Beat TV. You can also find him on Twitter and Google+.

Comments

  1. Mike says

    May 22, 2014 at 9:20 am

    “This is a fundamental change in how the Internet has worked since its beginnings. Up until now it’s been very democratic, with everyone getting the same treatment for their data packets. ”

    Not even wrong.

  2. Jani Turunen says

    May 20, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    great job there @JohnP

  3. Steve Roberts says

    May 20, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    I sent my response in. Hopefully it will become part of the record. the ISP/PhoneCompany/Cable Company version of “net neutrality” could wipe me out as a small hosting and web developments provider and Id really like to keep doing what I do and feed my kids.

  4. Brandy says

    May 20, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    The government should stay out of it!

  5. Chris says

    May 20, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Really? Let the government set the rules? What could possibly go wrong? No thanks… let the market work out these kinds of kinks.

  6. Ryein says

    May 20, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Good job John you are a stud.

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